Expression of an alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) ethylene response factor gene MsERF8 in tobacco plants enhances resistance to salinity

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 6067-6075

  Chen, Tingting ^a,b,c   Yang, Qingchuan ^b   Gruber, Margaret ^d   Kang, Junmei ^b   Sun, Yan ^a   Ding, Wang ^b   Zhang, Tiejun ^b   Zhang, Xinquan ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Ethylene response factor gene; Expression analysis; Salt stress; Subcellular localization; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 8 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; ETHYLENE RESPONSE FACTOR 8 GENE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PLANT STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGY; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALINITY; TOBACCO;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALINITY; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84863746350     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-1421-y     Document Type: Article

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